The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t35.1

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Kalinga was attacked by the Maurya king Aṣōka in 256 B.C. when 100,000 of its inhabitants were killed and 150,000 taken captive! Aṣōka, repenting of this, afterwards protected the country. Mr. Sankara Aiyar's chronology of early rulers is as follows (*I. A. 1920*, 43). He differs slightly from others. B.C. 218. Nanda, king of Kalinga; a prince of the Chēta dynasty. B.C. 208. Kētubhadra succeeded him. B.C. 194. Birth of Khāravēla, son of Jīva-dēva. B.C. 170. Death of Jīvadēva. B.C. 169. Khāravēla sent an army to the west. In 167 he subdued the Rāṣṭrikas and Bhōjakas. *Md.* a Vajra princess, Dhūsi. In 163 B.C. he stormed Rājagriha. B.C. 159. Khāravēla humbled the Sunga king of Magadha, Pushyamitra. B.C. 157 is the date of Khāravēla's inscription at Hāthigumpha.